Category: Beauty & Skin

  • Growing demand for organic beauty products

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    Hilary Baumann
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    http://www.which.co.uk/reports_and_campaigns/health_and_wellbeing/reports/cosmetics_and_beauty/organic_beauty_products_news_article_557_115580.jsp Britons’ growing taste for organic is extending to beauty products, research out today says. Around 200 new organic and ‘all natural’ toiletry goods have launched in the UK already this year. That figure more than doubled the 73 organic beauty products launched during 2006, market analysts Mintel said. The UK accounts for 19 per…

  • Hair Accessories basics

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    Top three easy to find hair accessory brands: Scunci: http://www.scunci.com Goody: http://www.goody.com/ Conair: http://www.conair.com/ Online large hair product focused marketplaces: http://www.folica.com/ http://mp.hairboutique.com/

  • This week in hair – beautyriot.com

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    So I’m subscribed to a LOT of beauty e-newsletters (luckily they are pretty easy to go through quickly and they are fun.) Today I wanted to share one of the ones that’s had a bit of a face life… or hair lift I should say. Beauty Riot’s e-newsletter is now featuring weekly hairstyles. It’s short,…

  • Headband Mania

    Headband Mania

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    Hilary Baumann
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    One of my new favorite things are headbands (I think I’m becoming a preppy girl….. ugh…) My head isn’t shaped right for the ones that go all the way around your head or scarfs (they slide too much) but they still look great on the people that can wear them. My favorites right now are…

  • Burt’s Bees Greater Good website

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    Right now, “Natural” on a label isn’t regulated. In fact something labeled “Natural” can be anything but… Burt’s Bees wants to help clarify what natural should be (instead of it being just a marketing term.) http://www.burtsbees.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Burts2/thegreatergood/index.html

  • Mixing your own cream eyeshadow and liquid eyeliner

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    Hilary Baumann
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    Material Needed: – small plastic container that seals. You can typically find something like this at the craft store in a paint isle. If not, shop around online a bit. – eyeshadow or pigment your choice of color and brand. – liquid highlighter there are many options out there, some come in white which can…